Several Ford M1918 3 ton light tanks are seen maneuvering at a testing ground in Michigan during World War I. Henry Ford and son, Edsel, are watching the tests. One of the tanks climbs an embankment and flips over backwards, landing upside down. A group of men gather around the overturned tank and attempt to turn it upright. Henry Ford stands nearby watching.
U.S. battleships pass in review in East River, on Christmas Day, 1918, Boat carrying sightseers and a tugboat, pass by a battleship, underway. Observers on deck of the anchored Presidential yacht, Mayflower, from which the Secretary of the Navy is reviewing the passing ships. Several battleships seen. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows several aviation "firsts" accomplished by U.S. Army Air Service aviators in the period from 1918 through 1924. A close formation of biplanes in flight. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson chat with Major Fleet, Officer in charge, on the occasion of the first air mail flight, inaugurated on May 15,1918 between Washington DC and New York.The mail is loaded into the Curtis JN-4 aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight. Air Service. Mention of aviators helping spot forest fires. Smoke rising from forest fires and mountain ranges. In 1920, U.S. Army Captain St. Clair Streett is seen with some of his Squadron who flew four De Havilland DH-4 aircraft 9,000 miles, from New York City to Nome, Alaska. Two of the men play with pet dogs. Their itinerary is painted on the side of one of the aircraft, along with the names of pilot and mechanic (C.E. Crumline and J.E. Long). In 1923 the first non stop coast-to-coast flight was made in the Fokker T-2 aircraft. . A sign on the aircraft reads 'Army Air Service non stop coast to coast'.First Lieutenants Oakley O.Kelly and John A. Macready board the aircraft, at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923. Their Fokker T-2 in flight. Their arrival at Rockwell Field, on Coronado Island (San Diego) California. In 1924, Lt. Russell Maughan is seen boarding his P-1 Hawk airplane at Mitchel Field, on Long Island, New York, and taking off , bound for Crissy Field at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. His goal is the first dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast flight. Views of his P-1 Hawk airplane flying over Manhattan, New York City.
The U.S. Battleship USS New York (BB-34) anchored in the Hudson River, circa 1918. The Hospital ship USS Solace (AH-2) is seen in the background. A seaplane flies low over the river, past the ships. Also seen are the battleships USS Pennsylvania (BB-38 ) and USS Utah (BB-31). (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
WWI draft and mobilization activities in 1917-1918. United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker at his office in Washington DC, United States. He works on a Man Power Bill to make military registration compulsory for previously registered men between the ages of 18 and 45.
Draft and mobilization activities for U.S. Army soldiers during World War I in 1917-1918. American World War 1 military recruits take a shower and undergo medical examination. Recruits lined up as doctors with stethoscopes perform physical examination. Those who pass the examination are injected by doctors "with 6 million germs" and their finger prints taken. Men and women at Adjutant General's office maintain the records of the recruits. Recruits in new uniforms lined up as officers go through their records to make registration card, qualification card and various other documents. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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